"You think of [the alphabet] so simply, everybody knows it, but there's actually a lot of stuff little kids' brains are doing when they're learning letters," she explained.

All of the phonics I teach, starting with the alphabet song, is very explicit. We're teaching one sound and the spelling at a time.

Alphabet knowledge and the understanding of letter forms, names and corresponding sounds represents the crucial foundation blocks of emergent literacy in children.

Additionally, the way ‘Y and Z’ is sung can sound like ‘Y N Z,’ which adds an extra, unintended letter to the song," she said.

There was nothing wrong with the original alphabet song. The new one just breaks up the letters equally. 7 / 7 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3. Changing it is crazy.

The alphabet song of our youth has been updated, and parents are having to learn a new rendition to keep up with their children. NYPost Photo Illustration The ABCs that we know and love — set to ...

Outside the series of alphabet letters sung in order A through Z, the only lyric in the song comes after “Z” and it concludes the song with, Now I know my ABCs, next time won’t you sing with me?

A slowed-down version of the alphabet song has been going viral on social media. While the video was released in 2015, it wasn't until recently that people started taking note of the new way in ...